PRODUCING QUALITY FUELS CONTINUES TO BE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR WORLDS
LARGEST INDEPENDENTLY OWNED FUEL SUPPLIER

Decatur, MI June 29, 2008 - Torco Racing Fuels has been under fire recently with rumored concerns
regarding the quality of their 118 NOS fuel. These concerns developed after a number of Pro Stock
teams experienced engine problems at the IHRA Motor City Nationals race held in Milan, Michigan,
May 23-25, 2008 while using Torco Racing Fuels 118 NOS.

An official statement from the company confirms that the fuel sample taken from the Pro Stock team
tested with normal results. "The testing confirmed normal results, however Iʼll be the first to tell you
the color of the fuel sample taken from the Pro Stock car was off" stated James Schultz, Manager of
blending operations at Torco Racing Fuels, Inc. "When we blend our fuels we test them after the
blending process is complete, and before packaging... the fuels just donʼt leave the plant until all of
our tests are completed with normal results, testing the color is one of our tests and the color of the
fuel in question tested with normal coloring before leaving our facility."
With normal test results of the fuel sample confirmed (with exception of the PS team fuel samples
coloring), Torco Racing Fuels does not hold itself liable for any engine discrepancies suffered at the
Motor City Nationals event. "The quality control measures have not changed at any of our facilities,"
stated Evan Knoll, President and founder of Torco Racing Fuels, Inc. "We have the same chemicals,
the same suppliers, the same people blending the fuels... the production measures just have not, and
will never change here at Torco Racing Fuels, we will never compromise the integrity of our products,
this has been and will continue to be Torcoʼs promise to our customers." Sonny Leonard, a renowned
engine builder and monumental figure at the IHRA events knows of Torcoʼs commitment to quality. "I
wonʼt use any other fuels, if anyone wants to question my feelings on the matter... feel free - Torco
Racing Fuels 118 NOS provides the best results... period," stated Sonny.


Though the question still remains as to why and how the fuel sample taken from this Pro Stock
vehicle was tainted a different color then the quality measures taken confirmed, Torco Racing Fuels
has done itʼs part in the investigation. Torco Racing Fuels will continue on as the official fuel supplier
for the Knoll-Gas NitroJam IHRA events. The company would also like to extend an invitation to itʼs
customers and fans to enjoy an even more personal side of Torco Racing Fuels with the upcoming
torcoracefuels.com interactive forums. In light of this most recent event, coupled with the need for
todays consumers to openly discuss topics in an online manner the company hopes the
torcoracefuels.com forums help to feed that need. The company hopes to have the online forums up
and running the first week of July 2008, check torcoracefuels.com in the upcoming week for more
information regarding the forums and their full line of product offerings.

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Team Torco Set To Host Racer Appreciation V.I.P Party During Skull Shine Sooner Nationals In Tulsa! > Tulsa, OK -5/23/07: Team Torco will be hosting a racer appreciation V.I.P party in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Thursday, May 24th at the Gray Snail Saloon in Lincoln Center, located at 1334 E. 15th ST. in Tulsa. > We would like to invite all members of the awesome Torco Teams, IHRA, friends, fans, and fellow racers to join us for a night of fun. Skull Shine and Torco Racing Fuels will kick off the party and host happy hour from 8:00 pm-11:00 PM on Thursday night in the V.I.P room. > Anyone wearing Torco or Skull logo apparel will receive complimentary admission to the party. We will be giving away some great prizes from Torco and Skull Gear during the night. Prizes range from Skull Gear apparel to ticket packages to the Skull Shine Sooner Nationals. On display will be the Torco Racing Fuels/Shelor Motor Mile Pro-Modified 1968 Camaro of Matt Hagan. Matt will be signing autographs from 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM on the patio. > Matt Hagan, Dale Creasy Jr., and Jason Caldwell will be guests on the Edge Tulsa Z-104.5 FM morning show on Thursday with Chuck the Sports Guy and Greg Kocsach. The expected time for their interview is 8:00 AM-8:30 AM. I'm excited to be able to host night of fun for our great drivers and crews from Torco, as well as our friends in the racing community," said event coordinator Jason Caldwell of Knoll-Gas Motorsports. "Tulsa is my hometown. I grew up working at Tulsa International Raceway, and to be able to return to my hometown with an event of such magnitude is really a great feeling, Caldwell said. "Working with Evan Knoll and Torco has been a great experience, and I've really got to thank him for getting behind these events and giving me the reigns so I can make some things happen," stated Caldwell. "Our Torco Teams really deliver on the track, and I am excited at every opportunity I get to show them some love for their hard work week after week, on and off the track," said Caldwell. "I hope everyone can make it out to the party and enjoy a little time to relax and mingle with some of the Tulsa fans, who I know will be attending!" Caldwell said. Torco Racing Fuels is the manufacturer of high-performance racing fuels and power products. Torco Racing Fuel is the first choice for engine builders and professional racers seeking extreme power and consistency. The company also offers commercial racing oils and lubricants; SKULL Shine, a complete line of car care products; SKULL Gear, an apparel line; and traction compounds and other racing related accessories. For more information on Torco Racing Fuels, SKULL Shine Car Care Products, and SKULL Gear apparel please visit www.torcoracingfuels.com or www.torco.com. Motorsports teams owned and operated or sponsored by Torco and it's affiliate companies include six-time IHRA World Champion Clay Millican, ESPN Sportswoman of the Year Melanie Troxel, J.R Todd, Mike Ashley, Doug Foley, Dave Connolly, Gary Densham, Matt Hagan, Dale Creasy Jr., Scotty Cannon, and Shannon 'The Iceman' Jenkins, to name a few. The SKULL Shine Sooner Nationals takes place at Tulsa Raceway Park on May 25th, 26th, and 27th. For more information on the event and tickets please visit www.tulsaracewaypark.com.

Drag racing sponsor icon and Torco Race Fuels founder Evan Knoll presented the Vietnam Veterans with a tribute during the 2007 season. An appreciative veteran has returned the favor.

Denny Fenstemaker of Valdosta, Ga., fought back the tears as he opened a tattered blue gift box. Inside the box was his Vietnam Service Medal. He presented the medal to Knoll as a taken of appreciation for Knoll's generosity.

"This means a lot to Vietnam veterans," said Fenstemaker. "This provides not only a homecoming for us but one for our 58,000 brothers who didn't make it back. I just feel that he is one of us for doing this. The feeling that has gone into this and the feeling the veterans get out of it - by just looking at it, gets to you. It's like seeing the rolling Vietnam Veterans wall for the first time. It makes that much of an impact.

"Somebody that might not understand what it is like, it might be hard to explain. I have a sticker of the POW- MIA emblem on the back of my car that says, 'For those who fought for freedom as a favor the protected will never know.'

"That's the same way I feel about this car. It is tough for veterans when they came back to the situation we had here to have someone of his stature do this and to take the car all over the country - to veterans all over - to see this - it is awesome. There's no way of describing it."

Knoll was at a loss for words with Fenstemaker's presentation.

"I can tell you that saying 'thank you' seems like such a small measure of showing appreciation," Knoll said. "This comes as a total surprise and an honor that is nothing short of incredible. It's guys like Denny that make this project larger than we can ever imagine."

"It's a wall that thunders and is powered by 58,000 of our brothers that didn't make it back," Fenstemaker said. "For those of us that are still here, we can remember our buddies who were car guys back then that didn't make it back."

Fenstemaker recently completed a front engine dragster restoration for the upcoming NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. The car takes part in various nostalgia drags as a combination cacklefest and showcar. He used money attained from an Agent Orange injury settlement from the war to fund the project.

"I restored the car for two reasons," Fenstemaker said. "One is to pay back that guys who gave me neat memories when I grew up. The other is to have a car from 1970, the same year I returned from Vietnam. I'm able to live a dream. We don't race it, but we use it to memorialize others.

"I'm living my dream and one for those that didn't make it."

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..> ..> Kahea Woods TORCO FUELS/SKULL SHINE sponsored Sportsman motorcycle WIN's the Division 7 LORDS race in Fontana!! Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt) 7811 Jason Whitenack 7530 Kahea Woods RT-----ET-- Speed RT-----ET-- Speed 0.065 8.794 138.43 0.053 8.703 151.41 SMC Dial: 8.84 -0.046 SMC Dial: 8.70 0.003 5:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 8 percent, barometer 29.94 inches. Woods runs within 0.003 to take the breakout win. He is your Sportsman Motorcycle Champion. "It was a crazy weekend, with the weather changing everyday, so going in to Sunday we had no data for the weather and just hoped for the best. We made the right calls and got the TORCO FUELS Suzuki in the winners circle. This win was a shot in arm for our TORCO Suzuki after a first round loss in Vegas. We could not have asked for a better Birthday weekend Evan Knoll and all of his teams. Thank You Evan Knoll, Latrell Preston, Brian Pheifer and all the Team Members at TORCO RACING FUELS for the past 10 years of Support."

..> ..>Steve Mackey knew the moment would be emotional but tried to convince himself that his emotions could be held in check. The Vietnam Veteran and longtime drag racing fan was among a half-dozen figures from the southeastern Asian conflict selected to unveil the Vietnam Veterans/POW-MIA Top Fuel dragster in Pomona. Over 25 Vietnam-era veterans attended the ceremony on the Thursday of the event.

"I learned a long time ago that you keep your emotions in check during various scenarios, but I found myself dabbing the tears from my eyes as the cover was pulled back," Mackey, a former U.S. Army helicopter door gunner who later became a California Highway Patrol officer. "This car is as much for us as it is for those who didn't make it back."

Mackey should know the pain of losing close friends. He still carries the ID bracelets of two fellow soldiers from his unit still missing in action dating back to 1967.

..> ..>Many of those behind the scenes promoting the car were born just as the Vietnam War reached its highest troop concentrations in 1968. Award-winning driver Melanie Troxel was only three years old when the war ended in 1975. Many of the veterans who have and are attending the drag races consider Troxel to be a personal hero for simply driving their high-horsepower welcome wagon.

Giving the service members a welcome home from an unpopular war was team owner Evan Knoll's mission. Knoll is a staunch supporter of the U.S. Military both domestic and abroad and while he supports all war veterans, felt the Vietnam veterans got a raw deal upon their return.

"It was downright shameful," Knoll said. "You have these young men and women travel 10,000 miles and do what their government asks of them and when they come home cannot wear their uniform out of fear and shame? Not only that. When you're called names and people spit on you.that's just wrong in my book and should be considered that way by everyone. I've interacted with a lot of these soldiers and they've carried that shame for years and years.

..> ..>"I tell these guys to be proud. You are an American soldier and you deserve to be honored. Maybe we didn't need to be over there.but you know what? They didn't ask to be. Their country called and they answered."

Knoll's tribute has rekindled a former drag racing demographic that has been long sought-after throughout the last two decades - the 16 - 24, young male market. Drag racing firmly held that demographic throughout the Sixties and into the early-to-mid Seventies. That average age got much older and three-quarters of the blame can be assessed to the Vietnam War.

Greg Young, one of the Pomona attendees and a U.S. Army veteran, says that even though he's a neighbor of Austin Coil and lives in John Force's hometown of Yorba Linda, CA, it wasn't enough to encourage him to attend the drag races again. Case in point, Young was an avid drag racing fan in the Sixties and rarely missed an event at Lion's Drag Strip before Vietnam. Thursday in Pomona was his first event since those glory days. He's admittedly making plans for the season-ending Finals in Pomona this October.

..> ..>"A lot of soldiers either burned their uniform and everything related or stuffed it in a duffle bag out shame," Young admitted. "Now they will have a reason to bring out those items and be proud. We owe a lot to this. It will serve as healing for many of us."

The Vietnam Veterans/POW-MIA Top Fuel dragster will provide a healing experience and a source for rekindling camaraderie amongst a group that largely relied on one another for support in those tough times in battle and upon returning home.

"You can already see it working," Mackey said. "There will be guys that will come out to see this car and it doesn't matter if we win or lose.it's just the fact that someone remembers us that matters the most."

Two of the major congressionally chartered Vietnam Veterans groups, the Vietnam Veterans of America http://www.vva.org and POW-MIA Families http://www.powmia-families.org support the program initiated by Knoll.

Those former military service members are returning to the drags in droves with upwards of nearly 100 planning to attend the upcoming event in Bristol. Consider Bob Marcum. The 70-something Vietnam Veteran of the U.S. Navy never attended a drag race until the Pomona. He wanted to show his support.

..> ..>Troxel, clearly the spokesperson for the project, has effectively studied every bit of literature she can find relating to the Vietnam conflict and the plight of the POW-MIA Families, who list over 1,700 servicemen still missing in action and/or still being held as prisoners of war.

"When I was first told of the project, I admit that I didn't have a lot of knowledge on the subject outside of what I learned in school," Troxel said. "The more I have learned about the things these soldiers endured upon their return, the more I realize how important this project is."

"Our veterans do so much for us, especially our Vietnam veterans. They went over and fought a war -- young Americans who gave so much of themselves, so many of them gave their lives...This is one small thing we can give back to them. I'm so proud to be involved in this, to be giving back to the veterans. It's such a huge honor for me to give something back to them. "I was barely born when we were fighting over in Vietnam, but I tried to educate myself and understand what happened over there. There are so many people today who are so behind our veterans and troops. You may not agree with the war, but you support them. This wasn't the case when our Vietnam veterans came home. They didn't get a hero's welcome home. This is a little opportunity to kind of make up for that, and let them know we really appreciate everything they did."

And, as Mackey puts it, "Melanie, you'll never know how much we appreciate you and Evan."

The Vietnam Veterans/POW-MIA Top Fuel dragster is presented by Torco Race Fuels http://www.torco.com and Lucas Oil Products http://www.lucasoil.com.

BAYTOWN, Texas – In his first  full season of Top Fuel racing, J.R. Todd continues encountering new challenges  – race tracks on which to run, the surprising departure of his crew chief, the highs and lows of the sport and now, sadly, the loss of his close friend, Funny  Car driver Eric Medlen.

Medlen, who Friday succumbed to head  injuries suffered in a test session accident at Gainesville, Fla. (March 19),  was one of the most popular drivers on the NHRA tour.

"Eric was one of my best friends in racing," said Todd, the 2006 NHRA
rookie of the  year.  "We hung out quite a bit at the track and away from the track. He only lived a mile up the road from me.  We were really good friends.  It's going to be different not having him here with us."

That  reality begins Friday at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas, when POWERade Series competition resumes with the O'Reilly Spring Nationals.  It is Todd's first visit to HRP.

"When you see something like that  happen, you know there are chances it is going to be bad," said Todd, who  watched Medlen's last run, "but you expect him to make a recovery.  That  was my first experience with (an accident) like that and I really didn't know  what to think.

"We all know the dangers of this sport before we  climb into the car but we do it because it is what we love to do.  I don't  think any of us are going to quit because of what happened, but the danger is  here.  Once you're in the car, though, and it starts up, that's the last  thing going through your mind.  It's like being back in the office and you  have to forget about what happened and focus on the job at hand and not worry.  

"But we'll never forget Eric."

On the  business side of things, Todd is ready to get back to work.  He began the season with a victory at Pomona, Calif., and is fourth in POWERade Series points (178) with three of 23 races in the books.  

Todd and the crew of Dexter Tuttle's SKULL Shine dragster weathered the loss of its crew chief/tuner following the second race and he sees positive signs they are  returning to contending form just in time for the Spring Nationals. 
  
The crew stayed together because Todd vowed to stick around,  too.  "They were disappointed when Jimmy (Walsh) left, but they said, 'If  you're not going to leave, we're not going to leave.'  "It made me feel good  that they were willing to stay," Todd said.  "They have great  attitudes.  The car is running well and that keeps their heads up.

"We are still in the top five, which is pretty good.  We  need to some rounds at Houston and every race we have after that.  We have  to stay consistent and stay in the top eight so we can qualify for the new Countdown to the Championship NHRA has introduced this year."

The Countdown pares the title contenders to the top eight after 17 races and drops the number to four for the final two events.

Qualifying is scheduled at 4 and 7 p.m. on Friday and noon and 3 p.m. on Saturday.  Sunday's eliminations commence begin at 11 a.m.

Todd Impressed with  Bristol Motor Speedway

Todd and the team were invited to Bristol, Tenn., for Sunday's NASCAR 500-lap race.  They started the 8,000-horsepower engine before the race and Todd hit the throttle twice for the fans.  They responded with a roar.

"It was way cool," commented Todd.  "At  the beginning of the year, I
noticed we had off the weekend of the Bristol race  and I wanted to come.  Once I heard we had the opportunity to start our car I thought that was a great idea.  Bristol (Motor Speedway) was like a  football stadium, but bigger. There were 160,000 people in a bowl watching the  race.  I don't get too star struck at the drag races, or anywhere really,  but it was cool to see the NASCAR drivers walking by."

Television  Schedule:

Saturday, March 31, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD  will televise two hours of qualifying highlights at 7 p.m. (ET).

Sunday April 1, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will broadcast NHRA Race Day at 11 a.m. (ET).

Sunday,  April 1, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will televise three hours of final eliminations at 4  p.m. (ET).


A brief Look at J.R. Todd:
Born:  12/16/81
Hometown: Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Residence: Avon,  Ind.

SKULL Shine/Knoll Gas-Torco Racing Fuels
Top Fuel  Dragster
Owner: Dexter Tuttle

2007 NHRA Powerade Series  Highlights:

Win at season-opening race at Pomona,  Calif.

Ran career best of 4.473 seconds,  2/11/07

Currently fourth in points with 178

2006 NHRA  Powerade Series Highlights:

Wins/final rounds: 3/4  

Wins at Denver, Sonoma, Calif., and Reading, Pa. Runner-up at Las Vegas2

Career bests: 4.494 seconds, 328.06  mph

Began drag racing in NHRA Jr. Dragster program when he was 10.

Drove Top Fuel dragster for Bruce Litton of Indianapolis in six  IHRA races in 2000, then worked on Litton's crew for two years and Bob  Gilbertson's Funny Car crew for three year before signing with Dexter Tuttle for  the 2006 season.